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There's a maniacal murderer on the loose, brutally slaughtering young women with a ferocity that rivals that of vampires Harry Koegh has spent his life combatting. The Necroscope's been asked to solve the crimes...asked by the dead spirits of the madman's victims.

Harry cannot turn down a request from the dead...even if it costs him his soul. In the climactic battle with the vampires, mankind prevailed and purged the vampires from earth - thanks to Harry, his team of psychically-gifted spies, and Faethor Ferenczy, long-dead "father" of the world's vampires, who betrayed his own kind.

But Harry's alliance with Faethor has a terrible cost - Harry's very humanity is under attack from the vampire evil coiled in his mind!

©2003 Brian Lumley (P)2019 David N. Wilson Fantasy Horror Scary Fiction Crime Paranormal
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There are so many words which this narrator apparently cant pronounce... at first it was mildly amusing, but after a while i have to ask why they gave the job to someone who can barely read.

Here are a few examples. He pronounces sigil as “sigull”, omniscience as “omni-science” and spectre as “sceptre”... those are just the ones i made a mental note of in the past hour of listening, but there are many, many others.
If it wasnt for the context I would have no idea what he is talking about half the time.
Aside from that, it is a fantastic book.

The narrator doesnt know words apparently

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I must say, I have a lot of time for narrator Michael Troughton and have enjoyed quite a few of his on-screen performances over the years.It must be also be said, though - he's not at all a comfortable fit for narrating the Necroscope series. Some of the performance is just plain sloppy - mispronunciation abounds, suggesting that neither narrator nor editor had listened to the previous books in the series for even 10 minutes. How anybody could pronounce 'Wamphyri' as 'Wamfry' beggars belief, and to be honest could be construed as disdainful of the tremendous source material. Almost as distracting is Mr. Troughton's voice - it's too high-pitched and excitable, almost as if his 'New Statesman' character Piers Fletcher-Dervish had found a sideline, then messed it up, as was his wont.

Very disappointing, particularly as the first three books featured excellent narration from James Langton. If I didn't love Brian Lumley's work so much (hence the four stars overall) I'd be giving the 5th book a miss - please find a new narrator for future Necroworld releases !

Comedy Narration for a Macabre Classic

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I have read most of the Necroscope books and Troughton's narration brings it beautifully to life. Lumley's writing is atmospheric and dark, and his wamphyri are unapologetically evil.

Beautifully dark and twisted

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I liked that this offering in the series gave a nod to the previous adventures of Harry. Similar format kept me glued. I'm undecided about the stories within the stories here. I might have preferred a different ending though did enjoy the twist. I'm so pleased the narrator altered the way he said Wamphyri. I'm going to have a break from the next in line for a little while, but will return. I would still recommend this book to tidy away the previous loose ends.

story within a story

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When the book was released it was really good but I now found it a little dated. Harry Koegh the Necroscope in on the hunt for vampires again when several young girls were slaughtered. He works for a team of psychically-gifted spies, but this time he gets help from an old dead vampire named Faethor Ferenczy. He took Faethor into his mind at a terrible cost putting his very humanity under attack to battle with a master vampire.

A bit dated now

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